Road Safety
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Brake Professional Fleet Survey 2018
Brake, the road safety charity, is inviting all organisations with employees who drive for work to take part in its annual fleet safety survey. The survey, conducted by Brake Professional supported by Licence Bureau for the seventh year, will focus on your organisation’s policies and procedures in relation to vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists and…
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Fit to drive and stay alive
On 6th November 2018 The 2018 Transport and Logistics Safety Forum Conference, of which Licence Bureau are a member along with such companies as Arriva, DHL, Wincanton, Tarmac, Travis Perkins are holding their annual conference at Transport for London HQ at Stratford. This year is all about driver wellbeing and there are professional speakers from…
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Reported road casualties in Great Britain, final estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2016
Final estimates of casualties in accidents involving at least one driver or rider over the drink-drive limit in Great Britain for 2016 show that: between 220 and 250 people were killed in drink-drive accidents, with a central estimate of 230 fatalities the increase in drink-drive fatalities since 2015 is not statistically significant, continuing a period…
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You can help to better understand the causes and effects of Driver Fatigue
Licence Bureau are supporting Andrew Drewary of Broadspire, by Crawford & Company and CILT Transport & Logistics Safety Forum who is currently working on a driver fatigue survey which is being led by one of the research teams at Liverpool University, to better understand the causes and effects of Driver Fatigue. The aim is to get…
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BRAKE Fleet Survey Report 2017 focuses on: Driver Distraction
This report is based on the results of an online survey sponsored by Licence Bureau. The survey was completed by 355 fleet representatives. Although the majority of respondents are based in the UK, responses also came from fleets based in Asia, North America, mainland Europe and Australasia. Respondents manage almost 267,000 vehicles in total, including…
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Optimised Waste Logistics (OWL) Northern Ireland Waste Expo 2018
Who Should Attend? Anyone responsible for procuring or operating heavy goods vehicles including procurement, fleet and operational professions. Why Attend? Learn about the latest developments in vehicle technologies, EU legislation and FORS plus meet “best in class” industry suppliers and test the very latest vehicles and safety systems. This CIWM endorsed event is also a…
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How to help make our roads a safer place for all: Christmas 2017
In December 2017 Licence Bureau initiated a social media video campaign highlighting key driving distractions with a Christmas theme. The distractions videos covered :- Christmas Drink Driving Christmas Mobile Christmas Sat Nav Christmas Load Christmas Fatigue These videos built upon the 12 Distractions of Christmas media campaign ran last year in partnership with Brake, the…
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Prepared for winter driving? – Check out these top winter driving tips
Prepare your vehicle It’s a good idea to have your vehicle fully serviced before winter starts and have the anti-freeze tested. If you can’t have it serviced, then do your own checks. In particular, check: Lights are clean and working Battery is fully charged Windscreen, wiper blades and other windows are clean and the washer…
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Employees still using mobile phones while driving?
Your problem, risk and liability. When your drivers use a mobile phone whilst driving on your behalf, you are also liable. That’s the law, even when they use their own vehicles. You need to ensure your drivers understand your policies for: Driver Handbook Mobile Phone Use Smoking Fatigue Eyesight Health Not only is ensuring your…
